Queen City Q’s newest location is…

Barbecue Bros favorite Queen City Q has been teasing their new location on Twitter for the past few days, and this morning we received a press release announcing a partnership between them and the new BB&T Ballpark for Queen City Q to become the official barbecue of the Charlotte Knights.

There is a lot of buzz with the new ballpark moving uptown from Fort Mill, and this only adds to the reasons to make it to more games than I have in the past – which shouldn’t be hard, considering I have been to 3 games in 9 years.

Full press release below:

BB&T Ballpark is All About the “Q”

Knights to Serve Queen City Q BBQ at Home Games

(Uptown Charlotte, NC) – The Charlotte Knights and Charlotte’s premier BBQ restaurant —Queen City Q — are partnering together to serve fans delicious BBQ at BB&T Ballpark. As part of this historic partnership, Queen City Q will become the Official BBQ of the Charlotte Knights and “The Q” will have locations inside BB&T Ballpark for all games and events.

“We really wanted to work with a great locally-owned business to provide delicious food and something unique for our fans,” said Chris Semmens, VP of Sales. “Their outstanding BBQ and commitment to our fan experience make them the perfect choice. It’s great that they are our Uptown neighbors too!”

“We’re incredibly excited to be working with the Knights and can’t wait to serve all of their fans,” said Bryan Meredith, Queen City Q’s Managing Partner. “BB&T Ballpark is an amazing facility and will be a really fun venue to enjoy baseball and more. We’ll be serving up a variety of great BBQ and some ballpark-only surprises. Plus, we’re continuing one of the main reasons we opened our restaurant in the first place, and that’s to create jobs.”

Queen City Q serves award-winning BBQ and is located at 225 E. 6th Street in Uptown Charlotte. The “Q” serves up a melding of styles from eastern NC, western NC and SC and is created in house from homemade recipes.

The Knights will open BB&T Ballpark on Friday night, April 11 at 7:05 p.m. against the Norfolk Tides. Season tickets, as well as group tickets for the 2014 inaugural season at BB&T Ballpark, are on sale now and can be purchased by phone at (980) 207-0079, by email at seasonseats@charlotteknights.com, or in person by stopping by the Knights Uptown Offices located at Packard Place, 222 South Church Street, 3rd floor, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday. For more information about Charlotte Knights Baseball, log on to www.charlotteknights.com.